A history road is a type of timeline – you put events in the order they happened, but you don't have to show the even passing of time. A history road:
- takes the form of a widening road coming towards you
- has the oldest event at the beginning of the road and may have symbols or sketches to go with the events.
- Use the material on the Background to the Treaty of Waitangi and from the Timeline of Treaty events to help you draw a history road to show what you believe were the six key events leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840.
- Make sure things are in chronological order, and use sketches and/or symbols to go with each event or date.
- You must be prepared to justify your selections to the class.
Alternatively:
- This could be completed in groups and each group could present its history road to the rest of the class.
- Put the history roads on display. Can a class list of the most commonly selected moments/events be identified?
